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FNE at Berlinale 2020: Czech Film in Berlin

Czech Film Center Czech Republic 2020-02-22

Czech Film Fund and its divisions Czech Film Center and Czech Film Commission will once again represent Czech Cinema at Berlin International Film Festival. Come and visit us at the…

Daniel Radcliffe in Miracle Workers Dark Ages

Czech Film Incentives Attract Almost Nine Billion CZK in Revenues to Czech Economy

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-21

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund announced that almost 80 films and series were shot in the Czech Republic in 2019, thanks to film incentives. Implementation of the projects brought revenues…

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Platform Trailer

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-21

East Doc Platform has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming 9th edition.

FESTIVALS: One World Announces Competition Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-20

PRAGUE: Thirteen films will screen in the international competition of One World FF, which runs 5 – 14 March 2020 in Prague and travels to another 35 cities.

FESTIVALS: Zlin Film Festival 2020 Focuses on Science and Technology

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-20

ZLIN: The 60th anniversary edition of the Zlin Film Festival, the world’s oldest festival for children and youth, has announced this year’s theme of Back to the Future, with a…

GRANTS: Czech Republic Announces Feature Film Production Grants

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2020-02-19

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund distributed 2,742,488 EUR / 68 m CZK as production grants for ten feature films. Four of them are debut features.

Get Support From Ji.hlava Film Fund

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-19

JIHLAVA: Documentaries originating in Central and Eastern Europe can apply to the Ji.hlava Film Fund, which provides in-kind grants totaling 20,000 EUR until 15 March 2020.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Get Your Industry Pass For East Doc Platform 2020

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-14

Film professionals who want to attend the East Doc Platform industry programme can buy an Industry Pass until 21 February 2020. The open programme is, again this year, available for…

FNE Market Analysis 2019: CZECH REPUBLIC

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2020-02-13

PRAGUE: Czech cinema enjoyed domestic and international success with numerous feature films, documentaries and also several short films in 2019. The year was marked by a growing number of coproductions,…

FESTIVALS: Prague IFF 2020 Announces New Sections

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-07

PRAGUE: The 27th edition of the Prague International Film Festival adds a new Comedy Competition to its Main Competition and it divides its programme into 14 sections, including three new…

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Platform 2020: Awards

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-02-07

Find all about the awards that will be handed to the best projects at East Doc Platform 2020 (7–13 March 2020). Get your Industry Pass and join the event on…

FNE Cinema of the Month: Edison Filmhub, Prague

Iulia Blaga Czech Republic 2020-02-05

This month we speak with Ivan Hronec, founder and CEO of Film Europe Media Company, about the Edison Filmhub, opened in the centre of Prague on 1 June 2019 as…

Old Timers by Ondřej Provazník and Martin Dušek

Czech/Slovak Old Timers Wins 2019 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2020-02-03

PRAGUE: Old Timers / Staříci won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for Best Film while its directors, Ondřej Provazník and Martin Dušek, were awarded Best Director. The Best Screenplay Award…

FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Films at Screenshot

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-31

Alternative distribution platform KineDok and Prague screening room Screenshot have prepared a month long journey (2-27 February 2020) through European documentary films in 15 screenings.

FESTIVALS: Czech Animated Film Daughter Wins At Sundance

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-30

PRAGUE: Czech student film Daughter directed by Daria Kashcheeva received the Short Film Jury Award: Animation at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January-2 February 2020). The film was produced by…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Salt From Bonneville Part Of East Silver Caravan

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-24

Simon Mozgovyi's Salt from Bonneville is a new part of the East Silver Caravan, which takes care of selected films and helps with festival distribution.

The Owners Tops 2020 Czech Lion Nominations

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2020-01-20

PRAGUE: The Owners / Vlastníci by Jiří Havelka tops the 27th Czech Lion nods with 12 nominations, followed by The Painted Bird / Nabarvené ptáče by Václav Marhoul with 11…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film 2019-2020: Too Close

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-17

Take a closer look at the Romanian documentary Too Close / Apropierea directed by Botond Püsök, which was selected for the 17th edition of Ex Oriente Film out of a…

OBITUARY: Czech Director Ivan Passer

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-13

PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech director and screenwriter Ivan Passer has passed away at age 86. A leading figure of the Czech New Wave, he escaped from what was then Czechoslovakia to…

dok.incubator Launches Call for Applications

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2020-01-10

PRAGUE: Filmmakers are welcome to apply to dok.incubator, the international workshop supporting directors, producers and editors with their late-stage documentary projects. The deadline for applications is 29 January 2020.